Fallskärmsjägarna
| Fallskärmsjägarna (Fskj) Parachute Rangers |
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| Active | 1952–present |
| Country |
 Sweden
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| Branch |
 Swedish Armed Forces
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| Type | Special Operations |
| Role | Long range reconnaissance, sabotage and tactical diversion |
| Size | 1 company |
| Part of | 32. Reconnaissance Battalion |
| Garrison/HQ | Karlsborg, Västergötland |
| Motto(s) | "Vilja, mod och uthållighet" – "Will, Courage and Perseverance" |
| Engagements |
KFOR Operation Artemis War in Afghanistan (2001–14) Northern Mali conflict |
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| Current commander |
Classified |
Fallskärmsjägarna (English: "Parachute Rangers") is a Swedish military special operations unit.
The unit is based in K3 Karlsborg at the Parachute Ranger School (Fallskärmsjägarskolan, commonly known as FJS).
The Parachute Ranger School was created in 1952 by Captain Nils-Ivar Carlborg and modelled after the German and British post–World War II airborne commando forces such as the Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service (SAS), with the objective to create a highly mobile force which had the flexibility to operate behind enemy lines and carry out long range reconnaissance missions to passively gather military intelligence.
The Parachute Rangers are organized under the Army's 32. Reconnaissance Battalion at Livregementets husarer K3.
K3 is also the home of the Air-mobile Battalion (LBB or Luftburen Bataljon in Swedish), airmobile infantry similar to the Russian Airborne Troops, the US 101st Airborne Division and the Swedish Army's Special Forces unit, the Särskilda operationsgruppen, but there is no official coordination of training or operations between these units. Recent reorganizations of the Swedish armed forces have given the unit a more international profile, although details of foreign engagements remain classified.
Around 2001, the Swedish armed forces organized a new special forces unit, called FJS IK, or Fallskärmsjägarskolans Insatskompani (Parachute Ranger Rapid Reaction company), which consisted of contracted former Parachute Ranger conscripts for international deployment. In 2002, FJS IK were deployed to Afghanistan, and in 2003, FJS IK were deployed alongside Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (SSG) in Congo during Operation Artemis. In 2006 FJS IK was renamed Särskilda Inhämtningsgruppen (SIG), which along with SSG made up Sweden's special forces. These two units were later amalgamated into Särskilda operationsgruppen. Their operations and structure are classified. The unit recruits primarily commissioned officers from units across the armed forces. Public information on SOG is extremely limited although according to the information on the Swedish Army website, it is claimed that they master every aspect of intelligence gathering.
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